Distributing apparatus.



A. SMITH.

DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I3. m5.

1 210,227; Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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AUGUSTUS SMITH, OF ROSELLE, NEW JERSIzlY, ASSIGNOB T BERGEN POINT IRON WORKS, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

Application filed July13,1915.

To ail volume. it may} concern Be it known that I, Ano'ns'rus SMrrn, a citizen of the United States of America, and residing at Roselle, in the county oi": Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and Im rovecl Distributing Apparatus, of which t e following is a specification.

My invention relates to distributing apparatus and particularly to apparatus for trimming or piling coal, or .lilregranular material, the object of my invention being to provide apparatus which will dispense with the necessity for hand shoveling now almost universally employed for-work of this character.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l a side elevation partially in section of a machine in which my invention is embodied .in,one form; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line ;-\-A, Fig, 1, partially broken away.

In the diagram Fig. l the apparatus is indicated in action.

The apparatus as here shown comprises a frame having lower and upper cross beams 5 and 6, uprights 7-8 zit-their ends and an intermediate leg 9, the latter being arched and of such length that the uprights 7 and 8 stand at an incline to the floor level 10. The lower ends of the uprights are preferably pointed to dig into the floor, while an adjusting screw 11 is provided at the foot of the leg 9 by means of which the inclination of the frame may be varied as required.

Extending between the upper and lower cross beams and stepped therein is a s indie 1,5) driven through gears 13 from an e eotric motor 1 supported by bracket 15 on the cross beam 16 which extends between the uprights of the frame. At the lower end 'ot the spindle is secured the rotor or distr1b uter 17. In the form shown this element com )rises 11 round, box-like member, open at tie top to-reoeivc from the chute 18 the material such as cosh-grain. or the like which 'is to be trimmed or piled. At, preferably, a plurality of points, the side wall '19 of the rotor 17 is gripped and the gaps closed by doors 2O hinged at 21 to'opven outward. Each door is connected by a l nk 22 to one arm of a bell crank lever Zikpivoted at beneath and to the bottom of' the rotor 1"! and carrying on. its other arm a roller 25 bearing against a cam 26. During Specification (if-Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 39,604.

the travel of the rollers orer the crest of the rain the doors are maintained shut, while during their travel over the depression of the cam the doors are open. In order to vary the position at which the doors open, the position of the cam is made adjustable.

In the presentconstruction the cam ring 27' 1s mounted on--a sleeve 28 having a worm gear 29 with which meshes a worm 30 on the rod 31. The squared end 3'? of the latter permits the worm 30 to be manually rotated by a crank during the operation of the apparatus and the point at which the doors 20 are opened thus altered at will.

Guides 33 must be mounted within the rotor to assist in directing the material through the gaps in the rotor when the doors are open. A stationary protective cover 34 may be provided above the rotor, hut apertured at the angle iron ring 35 which forms the margin of the opening to the rotor through which the chute discharges into the latter. Similarly a guard casing 36 may be provided for the rotor on the side opposite that at which the doors 20 open.

The principle of operation of the appa ratus is based uponcentrifngal force-like a sling shot. When the motor is started closed until their rollers successively run down the sharp incline of the cum and the doors successively open permitting the material to shoot through the openings in'the side at the rotor. ()wing to the incline of the apparatus. the material is discharged upward and the dircction'of discharge is controlled by the position of the cam which determines the point 'at which the doors open.

As hero shown the doors 20 open by centrifugal force and are positively closed by the bell crank levers as their rollers ride up 'from the depression to the crest of the cam. It is obvious that this arrangement may be variously modified while at the same time accomplis i suits. It seems to be simplest, however, to allow thedoors to fly open by centrifu al force and to close by the action of the rol or ng substantially {like re though I do not wishto limit my invention to it, as it is immaterial to the operation of the inarhine whether the doors are opened by centrifugal force or otherwise.

The \ital principle of my invention is that the doors restrain the material to be thrown until, at a lixed point in the rerolution of the rotor, they are opened, thus releasing material which at once flies from the disk as from a sling shot, the direction being controllable by fixing the point of opening the door and the trajectory being controliable by tilting the whole machine as well as by changing the point of opening the door.

it. will usually be found desirable to use electric energy for rotating the rotor but it is evident that a compressed air or steam engine could ii'e utilized instead of an electric motor. The motor means may be of any suitable character without departing from my invention.

Various niodilirations of construction will readily occur to those skilled in the art, which do not depart from what I claim as my invention.

1 (lilllli as my inrention:

1. Apparatus of the type described comprisinga rotary support having a peripheral wall. a door therein, means controlling the opening of said due at a predetermined point in the revolution of the support to permit the centrifugal discharge through said door of material resting on said support, and guide means leading to the dooropening and so arranged as to, direct the material therethrough when the door is open.

2. Apparatus of the type described comprising a rotary support having a peripheral wall, a door therein, means controlling, the opening of said door at a predetermined point in the revolution of the support to permit the centrifugal discharge through said door of material resting on said support, and guide means extending from one side of the door-opening into the sector defined by the latter and serving to direct the material therethrougli when the door is open.

.5. Apparatus of the type described cont prising a rotary support having a peripheral wall, a door therein, means controlling the opening of said door at a predetermined point in the revolution of the support to permit the centrifugal discharge through said door of material resting on said'support, and a curved guide leading to one side of the door-opening and presenting its convex side toward the latter to direct the material therethrough when the door is open.

4. Apparatus of the type described, cornprising a rotary support having a peripheral wall, a door therein, means controlling the opening of said door at a predetermined point in the revolution of the support to permit the centrifugal discharge through said door of material resting on said support, and a curved guide leading to the door-opening and extending into the sector delined by the latter, and'scrring to direct the material therethrough when the door is opened.

5. Apparatus of the type described, comprising upper and lower cross beams, end uprights between the same, and an intermediate leg supporting said frame in inclined position, a spindle extending between said cross beams, a rotary support carried in inclined position by said spindle, and means insuring centrifugai discharge of material from onlythe raised margin of said support.

6. Apparatus of the type described, COIIL. prising a rotary support, means formaiutaining the same in an inclined position and means insuring centrifugal discharge of material from only the raised margin of the support, together with a stationary guard with central opening above said support and surrounding the lower peripheiy thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name. to this specificatioi'i, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUSTUS SMITH.

Witnesses:

MALCOLM MoINrYun, Tnoims H. Anson. 

